Since Maaike Hartjes first gained recognition in the mid-1990s with the tiny figures in “Maaike’s Dagboekje” (Maaike’s Diary), this has been her primary drawing style. This comic strip was published as a small-press booklet and, after a few years, appeared weekly in Viva magazine. The character of the comic strip changed somewhat, from small jokes to a more realistic diary format. This led, among other things, to Burn-out Dagboek (Burn-out Diary). In 2016, she won the Stripschapsprijs, the most prominent Dutch comics award.
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Maaike Hartjes
